Wyoming

State Supplementation

Mandatory Minimum Supplementation

Administration: State Department of Family Services, Economic Assistance.

Optional State Supplementation

Administration: State Department of Family Services, Economic Assistance.

Effective date: July 1, 1977.

Statutory basis for payment: Wyoming Statutes 42-2-103.

Funding

Administration: State funds.

Assistance: State funds.

Passalong method: Maintaining payment levels.

Place of application: No application required. State uses computerized information from the Social Security Administration to identify eligible recipients.

Scope of coverage: Optional state supplement provided to all aged, blind, and disabled persons who receive SSI as the sole source of their income and live independently or in the household of another. Blind and disabled children may be eligible for supplementation.

Resource limitations: Federal SSI regulations apply.

Income exclusions: Federal SSI regulations apply.

Recoveries, liens, and assignments: None.

Financial responsibility of relatives: None.

Interim assistance: State does not participate.

Payment levels: See Table 1.

Table 1. Optional state supplementation payment levels, January and June 2004 (in dollars)

Living arrangement

Combined federaland state

State supplementation

Individual

Couple

Individual

Couple

January 2004

Living independently

573.90

871.12

9.90

25.12

Living in the household of another

389.41

594.36

13.41

30.36

June 2004

Living independently

574.19

871.84

10.19

25.84

Living in the household of another

389.81

595.24

13.81

31.24

DEFINITIONS:

Living independently

Includes only SSI recipients who reside in a federal Code A living arrangement and have no federal countable income.

Living in the household of another

Includes only SSI recipients who reside in a federal Code B living arrangement and have no federal countable income.

Number of recipients: See Table 2.

Table 2. Number of persons receiving optional state supplementation, January 2004